Scorcher Reboot

Whilst my re-re Scorcher was the first built one on TC, I was never really happy with the end result for a couple of reasons. Firstly the paint job is terrible, and not my best effort by a long chalk. Secondly I've never been happy with the general SRB set up. The faux-carbon fibre plate, the so called 'waterproof' battery box (you know, the one with the dirty great hole in the back where the motor leads go), the torsion bar suspension, only running a 6V battery pack instead of a more conventional 7.2V, etc etc etc, so I've decided to take the plunge and rebuild it with a few of my own bits

First to go was that chassis plate. Making a new one is actually very, very easy in the scheme of things because it's such a simple shape. I've added some additional metal at the sides of the plate, partly to cover the holes either side of it under the body, but mainly to give me a little more surface area for mounting the radio gear, and thus give me the room to fit a more standard battery. And believe me, after an initial test run, the extra 1.2V makes all the difference, even with a silver can motor!

I've also done away with the torsion bar suspension set up, mainly again to give me more room on the main chassis for fitting other bits and pieces. I found these aluminium 55mm shocks in my bag of TL01 spares, and they do the job nicely. Leaving the front end stock for now, but may swap to coil overs depending on how it runs

Still have a few more bits to do, like have a rethink on the battery holder in the centre, make some inner plates to keep the muck from the front wheels out of the newly exposed electrics, and also of course the respray, but am pleased with how it's turning out so far, given my some what limited metalwork skills!